the Sam Jackson College Experience

Though it is not Dreamhost's fault, all my Dreamhost stuff will be getting some downtime tomorrow night starting at 1115 PST and hopefully not lasting for more than 5 hours. Apparently the power outage is caused because of... I'm not even sure why. The Dreamhost blog has it all here. This may also mean my [...]

Warning: Sensitive readers may want to avert their gaze here for fear of the horrorible tale that I am about to relate. I'm only saying that to keep your eyes glued here, but never mind that! Onward into nightmare-land. This may also be the single 'cruelest thing' that a high school senior could do, too--I'm [...]

Remember how I wrote back in August that "Instant Messaging is Grammar Friendly" ? Well, it might be chummy with grammar but as I heard from Trend Hunter a few days ago, it's creeping into essays and tainting middle school essays. Students Use Instant Messenger Lingo In Essays, Trend Hunter reports via CNN. This "instant [...]

I've been playing a game of Diplomacy by e-mail with a group of Yale 2011 admits, and it's been pretty fun--thanks to Matt Kremer for organizing it! We were drafted and organized initially through the Facebook 2011 group, which as I've said before, has been quite the valuable tool. Now, whether such games are the [...]

I updated my 'About' page to be more accurate and less numbingly extensive. Including here in post-form because, well, I know by my crazy-intense statistics gathering that not that many people have actually gone to the 'About' page despite its very prominent placement. Why I have this blog: I started this blog describing it as [...]